Carpinteria

Carpenteria is a city in Santa Barbara County, the northernmost region of Southern California. It's called the World's Safest Beach due to an offshore sandbar that diminishes waves. Its a big tourist destination in the summer.

There is a small Amtrak station in the center of town that serves the Pacific Surfliner route from San Luis Obispo to San Diego. The larger Santa Barbara station to the west serves the Coast Starlight which runs from Seattle to Los Angeles. From there, take the Downtown Shuttle to the transit center. Get on Route 20 and go to Carpinteria.

The beach. Go the end of Linden Ave. In the summer months, the city installs floating platforms just offshore that are popular for beach-goers to swim to.
Walk to the north and you will see expensive homes along the beach and the outlet creek for the salt marsh. Going south you hit the tar pits and eventually the seal rookery below the pier.

Robitaille's Candy, 900 Linden Ave., ☎+1 805 684-9340, [1]. Open Monday-Saturday 10-5, Sunday 10-3. This local candy store is popular with tourists and has lots of different types of ice cream, chocolates and other sweets.edit

Padaro Beach Grill, 3766 Santa Claus Ln., ☎+1 805 566-9800. Daily 7am to 8pm. American restaurant on the north side of town. It sits rights next to the train tracks along an older strech of businesses.edit